We’ve put together some words and phrases to help you out if you are traveling to Israel.

NOTE: The pronounciations are based upon phonetic sounds. A=ah, E=eh, I=ee, O=oh, U=oo. K and C are interchangeable as a "k" as in "cat" and CH is pronounced as a gutteral "kh", a scraping sound in the throat.

This is not a service. It is a copy of the list of words we used to help get us around in Israel when we first arrived.

Words like “understand”, “need”, “desire” or “want” have translations but it depends upon usage. The most simple way to let people know you “understand” is to say “yes” which is “ken”. To say “I want” as in “I want turkey” you would say “Ah-nee rot-sah hoh-du” or “Ah-nee rot-say hoh-du” depending if you are a man or a woman. It’s baby talk but it gets your point across. Often their words for such synonyms are based upon what you are wanting and what you are going to do with it.

There are now some translation services around the net. I’m traveling right now with limited access to the net to dig them up, so just do a search and let me know if you come up with anything interesting.

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